[REBOL] Re: question on View widgets
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 18-Jan-2004 9:55
Hi Evan,
EH> Does anyone know how to make the VIEW widgets displayed in
EH> Windows environments "visible" to my software.
EH> Most windows buttons, text boxes, etc. are visible to my
EH> voice recognition software, but VIEW's are not. The alt-key letter
EH> is usually underscorred too.
You can't AFAIK, because they are not true Windows controls. That is,
they are not windows as far as Windows is concerned--they don't have
handles, etc. For better or for worse, this is how REBOL handles
cross-platform GUIs, so the chance of changing it is probably near
zero.
VID is meant to be a small, lightweight, GUI system. If we want RT to
consider extending it--for things like better focus handling, visible
hot-keys, skinning, etc.--we have to make an excellent argument for
it. The upcoming View 1.3 release won't have any of these changes
however.
-- Gregg
